Cowslip Wine

Ingredients

• To two gallons of water
• put six pounds of powdered sugar
• add the rinds of two lemons
• add four quarts of cowslip flowers
• with the juice of two lemons

Method

1. 1

   Boil water and sugar for 40 minutes, skimming as it rises.

2. 2

   Pour into a tub to cool, add lemon rinds, cowslip flowers, and lemon juice.

3. 3

   Let it stand for two days, stirring every few hours, then put in a barrel and let it stand for three weeks or a month before bottling.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 172. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COWSLIP WINE.— To two gallons of water, put'six pounds of pow- dered sugar, boil 40 minutes take oft the sKum as it rises, pour into a tub to cool, and add the rinds of two lemons ; when it is cold, add four quarts of cowlip flowers to the liquor, with the juice of two lemons

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